program talk doesn't work on fc1-> Error on read from talk daemon

[Rotariu Bogdan]

Hello,

you need to chkconfig talk on and chkconfig ntalk on
service xinetd restart
that should do it
and check if there are no rules that block ports 517-518 UDP

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Didier Casse" <didierbe at sps.nus.edu.sg>
To: <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Thursday, February 19, 2004 5:56 AM
Subject: program talk doesn't work on fc1-> Error on read from talk daemon


> Hi all,
>        I just realized that my "talk"  program doesn't work on FC1,. When
> I try to talk to a user, i.e
>
> talk someuser
>
> it gives me back
>
> "Error on read from talk daemon: Connection refused... press any key"
>
> then a
>
> "Checking for invitation on caller's machine."
>
> An rpm -qa|grep talk, gives:
>
> talk-server-0.17-21
> talk-0.17-21
> ytalk-3.1.1-14
>
> meaning I've the server and client installed.
>
> My /etc/xinetd.d/talk reads;
>
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> default: on
> # description: The talk server accepts talk requests for chatting with
> users \
> #       on other systems.
> service talk
> {
>         disable = no
>         flags                   = IPv4
>         socket_type             = dgram
>         wait                    = yes
>         user                    = nobody
>         group                   = tty
>         server                  = /usr/sbin/in.talkd
>
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> In the archives there's some guy who had the same problem but never could
> found the solution. Any help is appreciated! :-)
>
>
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Didier.
>
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